Nate Abrams was a childhood friend of Curly Lambeau playing high school football at Green Bay East and was an important figure in football, as it was played in Green Bay, Wisconsin in the 1910s. Abrams was the team captain of the Southside Skiddoos, a team that featured his brother, Isadore "Issy" Abrams, and Curly Lambeau. The Skiddoos would eventually become the Green Bay Packers and Nate Abrams was instrumental in forming what would become one of the most storied teams in American football. Abrams helped pay the bills of the early Packers, before they became a publicly owned team, and was important in keeping the young professional team afloat in the early 1920s. This is a fact that is not widely known, most likely due to Abrams being the son of Lithuanian Jews who had to endure the prevailing anti-Semitic attitudes of the early 20th century.
Following the formation of the first professional team in 1921, Nate Abrams played as an end in one game for the newly formed Packers of the APFA (which would become the NFL in 1922). He registered one touchdown and one interception. Nate was the smallest player, at 5' 4" and 145 pounds on the 1919 team.
Following the formation of the first professional team in 1921, Nate Abrams played as an end in one game for the newly formed Packers of the APFA (which would become the NFL in 1922). He registered one touchdown and one interception. Nate was the smallest player, at 5' 4" and 145 pounds on the 1919 team.
Nate Abrams was a childhood friend of Curly Lambeau playing high school football at Green Bay East and was an important figure in football, as it was played in Green Bay, Wisconsin in the 1910s. Abrams was the team captain of the Southside Skiddoos, a team that featured his brother, Isadore "Issy" Abrams, and Curly Lambeau. The Skiddoos would eventually become the Green Bay Packers and Nate Abrams was instrumental in forming what would become one of the most storied teams in American football. Abrams helped pay the bills of the early Packers, before they became a publicly owned team, and was important in keeping the young professional team afloat in the early 1920s. This is a fact that is not widely known, most likely due to Abrams being the son of Lithuanian Jews who had to endure the prevailing anti-Semitic attitudes of the early 20th century.
Following the formation of the first professional team in 1921, Nate Abrams played as an end in one game for the newly formed Packers of the APFA (which would become the NFL in 1922). He registered one touchdown and one interception. Nate was the smallest player, at 5' 4" and 145 pounds on the 1919 team.
Following the formation of the first professional team in 1921, Nate Abrams played as an end in one game for the newly formed Packers of the APFA (which would become the NFL in 1922). He registered one touchdown and one interception. Nate was the smallest player, at 5' 4" and 145 pounds on the 1919 team.
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